Trigger warning: Today's episode touches on extremely sensitive and upsetting topics.
Losing someone to suicide is perhaps one of the most challenging and painful forms of grieving. Is it possible to find healing and hope after a loss from suicide?
In today's episode, I'm joined by the Best-selling author, International speaker, and Mental Health advocate, Cindy Tank-Murphy, author of "The Strength to Live: Finding Healing and Hope After a Loss From Suicide." Cindy's work promotes conversations about overcoming the grief from suicide and the mental health epidemic the world is suffering from.
Although the idea of writing a book had always been in Cindy's head, she never thought her first book would be about suicide, motivated by her father's decision to take his own life.
Throughout this episode, Cindy shares how losing her father to suicide in 2014 abruptly changed her views on grief and mental health issues and urged her to build safer places for her thoughts and feelings through writing. We also talk about how crucial it is to pay attention to the immense power of words and how to release fears and experience healing through writing and journaling. Additionally, we discuss how touching on sensible topics, such as the death of a child, might help to heal, the importance of losing the fear of saying something inappropriate, and more.
Listen to episode 114 of Grief and Happiness and discover new ways of connecting with your strength to live after a loss from suicide.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
A bit about Cindy and her decision to write a book about suicide and mental health (2:11)
How to deal with ignorant comments (9:13)
The importance of acknowledging red flags (16:18)
The therapeutic properties of writing your feelings on a piece of paper (22:05)
How to be at peace with knowing that you might say the wrong thing at the wrong time (31:01)
Connect with Cindy:
Email: cindy@thestrengthtolive.com
Book: Cindy Tank-Murphy - The Strength to Live: Finding Healing and Hope After a Loss From Suicide
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